Star Citizen Introducing a $48,000 Ship Bundle, but Only for Players Who Have Already Spent $10,000
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Can't wait. I've already spent $15,000, what's another $48,000. I will make this game a reality, even if I have to do it all by myself.</p>","upvoteCount":47,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"MrJihad"},"text":"<p>I backed this game 12 years ago, as soon as it was available. I think it was $30 to back the game and guaranteed a copy of the game. I figured I could help get the game made AND get it for a steep discount. Excellent.</p><p></p><p>Since then, I met an amazing woman, started a new career, got married, bought a house, created a human (now eight years old), and I'm still waiting. Meanwhile, there's nothing but bad press about this game because it increasingly seems like a scam or money laundering scheme.</p>","upvoteCount":39,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"LightEcoJak"},"text":"I thought $1,300 on a Sony Bravia OLED TV would be too much of a splurge last year so I didn’t get one. I can’t imagine justifying $48,000 on a ship (correction, ship armada) inside of a game that hasn’t been released after a decade of development. ","upvoteCount":8,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"Runschtime"},"text":"<p>Guys, that's only $275 per ship. What an amazing deal.</p>","upvoteCount":26,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"BottleOpener"},"text":"<p>You all are getting swindled. This game is in a perpetual state of crowdfunding. That $48k is going towards someone’s down payment on a new car.</p>","upvoteCount":19,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"Ekras"},"text":"<p>There is 0 reason this game should still be in development - especially with a HALF BILLION DOLLARS being raised to develop it. </p>","upvoteCount":11,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"adarmus47"},"text":"<p>Being a big Wing Commander fan I backed this game on Kickstarter. My pledge was around $150 for the Super Hornet package. As well as copies of Star Citizen and Squadron 42 it included a bunch of physical items, none of which have been produced. I am not spending another cent on this game. I will be leaving my pledge to my grandkids in my will. Hopefully they get to play it one day.</p>","upvoteCount":7,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"GeneralChaos"},"text":"<p>By the time the game releases, we'll have real starships.</p>","upvoteCount":19,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"Recreational_Orange"},"text":"<p>It is a very good value for money. If rich people spend $ 400k for an average luxury yacht, 175 ships for $ 48000 is a very good value for money.</p>","upvoteCount":5,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-06","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"The_Lying_Cake"},"text":"<p>The thing I like about Star Citizen is that when it finally releases it will be set in the past. </p>","upvoteCount":7,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"TicTocMonsterClock"},"text":"<p>Money isn't the same for all people. Not sure why this is really newsworthy?</p><p></p><p>$300 is half a percent for a family earning $60k a year.</p><p>$50k is half a percent for a family that has $10M invested.</p><p></p><p>And at the end of the day, the family spending $300 on video games is far more frivolous, and far more meaningful money then the drop in the bucket $50k is to so many millionaires.</p><p></p><p>I get the knee jerk reaction of \"WHO WOULD DO THAT?!\" But at the end of the day, so many people are wasting money buying collectors editions of games, hardcover guides, figures, themed crap, etc... that is much harder earned and far more frivolous by scale...</p><p></p><p>then the person that drops $50k on a Star Citizen ship pack that required them to use a fraction of a % of their yearly compounding interest they are getting on their investments.</p>","upvoteCount":5,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"seymour47"},"text":"<p>Some asshole is going to buy this and claim it was worth it.</p>","upvoteCount":23,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"whataboutthetwinkie"},"text":"<p>or.. you could get a real ship? </p>","upvoteCount":10,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-06","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"getslayer"},"text":"<p>I did buy a 45$ pledge when they announce a full single player campaign (which was supposed to take 2 years before full release) so I took a leap of faith since I wanted to play an amazing SINGLE player campaign from the guy who made wing commander.... That was 12 years ago.... 12 years and still not a single word on a possible release date :) never again ... NEVER not a single early access will get my money that was the one and only and BOY did I learned my lesson. Seems like those who wants to play in the Persistent universe are in fact having some fun (with an insane amount of glitch, bugs and game breaking patches) if they want to be in that eternal state of ''Wait the next update will add a shiny ramp in my hangar but every NPC now walks backwards for 5 months ... and you can buy cool sunglasses for 200USD'' once again ... personally ... NEVER AGAIN :)</p>","upvoteCount":3,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"slumgilbert"},"text":"<p>I love when sites like IGN/kotaku i.e. sites with large communities publish articles about SC because the CIG marketing shills and whales will bombard the comments section defending this tech demo. The 'game' as people have come to know it has already been released. SC will never be more than what it is now. There's a reason SC has such a thriving grey market - because more and more people are realising the 'best damn space sim out there' will never be more than a shallow, bug riddled experience with zero game loop and griefing mega donors that play it for no other reason than to show off how much money they spent. The spaghetti code it runs on is barely held together, but SC backers are such cultists even if Roberts switched to UE5 and development is extended another 10 years people would still give him money.</p>","upvoteCount":5,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"reala97"},"text":"<p>This game is the original \"The Day Before\"</p>","upvoteCount":4,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-07","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"Ghoster462X"},"text":"<p>Been riding the Star Citizen train since 2015, have been having a great time. Met Chris Roberts and most of his crew back in 2016, amazing tech is being created. Don't listen to IGN, they are part of the \"Paid Programming\" for the big names. CIG represents what gamers can do when they fund the right people. Hate it now if you want, EA, Bethesda and the rest want you to hate it while they cram slight graphical upgrades as new games down your throat while saying what Star Citizen has already done is impossible. </p><p></p><p>S42 is Soon™, but if it's good... it's worth the wait. For all the haters that will spam this post with hate.... be sure to add your favorite condiment for when you have to eat your words. </p>","upvoteCount":2,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-07","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"FireStorm1010"},"text":"<p>The delays of Star Citizen, i could live with them. But this stuff is simply inexcusable. This is so far \"pay to win\" its disgusting. Imagine when the game releases and all the whales got already all the best stuff, best ships... How can this game as a mmorpg even work with such a setting? This is like the opposite of integrity for me.</p>","upvoteCount":2,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"hiro-K3"},"text":"<p>Ah I see they've implemented the new pay to lose feature. #P2L </p>","upvoteCount":4,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"dannybobby33"},"text":"<p>Gotta love the weirdos who actually defend this stuff lol</p>","upvoteCount":7,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-06","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"Heynow182"},"text":"<p>People are going to go to jail behind this game at some point. It won’t be in America but in some country where people are actually held to account for fraud, someone is definitely going to prison. </p><p></p><p>Hey ign, can we get an interview with the people who are actually buying this insanity ? </p>","upvoteCount":1,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-06","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"DongZhuo"},"text":"<p>I am a scammed citizen.</p>","upvoteCount":6,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-06","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"Captain_Shmarvel"},"text":"<p>A game made for the 1%-ers. Now I've seen it all.</p>","upvoteCount":1,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-07","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"lGN.com"},"text":"<p>Funny thing is people who can’t afford it or even never played the alpha is the loudest in complaining about it lol. Hey it’s not your money, relax. It’s not like we’re using your money to buy stuff lol.</p>","upvoteCount":2,"downvoteCount":0},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Comment","datePublished":"2024-01-05","author":{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Person","name":"NDWest14"},"text":"<p>Scam Citizen kicking off 2024 strong</p>","upvoteCount":5,"downvoteCount":0}]}
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